"Because The Health Center is located in school sites with large populations of at-risk youth, The Health Center is able to reach students and families that may be living under stressful circumstances and need extra support. Students who have...
"Well-being is likely to be enhanced by shifting the balance of spending in our consumer society away from material goods and towards experiential ones," Kumar says. "This research also suggests that there are benefits to be had not only by nudging...
Abstract "Insecure early attachment experiences have been reported to play an important role in the manifestation in alcoholism. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of attachment styles with anxiety, anxiety coping and...
Since this article by Steve Hendrix appeared in the Washington Post Magazine on Jan. 3, 824 comments have been added. The organization referred to below is the U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children . The first two paragraphs: ...
"New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being lonely has the potential to harm overall health...." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-loneliness-chronic-stress-taxes-immune.html
Abstract Previous studies have established the role of various measures of cognitive functioning in dampening the association between adverse life events ('life stress') and adolescents' emotional and behavioural problems. However, it is not yet...
Purpose Studies suggest that childhood trauma is linked to both depression and heavy drinking in adulthood, and may create a lifelong vulnerability to stress. Few studies have explored the effects of stress sensitization on the development of...
The author, Antony Chiang, is the president of the Empire Health Foundation. "In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting tragedy, and the president’s response, many communities are hotly debating gun control, mental health and school...
Great discussion about PTSD and secondary trauma. [video: 32 mins] "I asked the lead scientist, Marinus van IJzendoorn of Leiden University , what might account for other studies' finding of secondary trauma in vets' spouses or kids. He said he's never analyzed those studies, and wonders if the results would hold up to a meta-analysis. But: "Suppose that there is a second-generation effect in veterans, there are a few differences that are quite significant" from children of...
Abstract "Female juvenile offenders are more likely to have a history of childhood abuse, emotional disturbances, mental health problems, and serious problems involving substance abuse. The aim of this study were: (1) to investigate the...
An article written by ACEsConnection member Dr. Linda Chamberlain PhD MPH "An ACE score of 7 or more increased the risk of suicide attempts 51-fold among children/adolescents and 30-fold among adults (Dube et al, 2001).... " The Institute for...
"Recent research supports the effectiveness of "eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.... “Our experiments clearly show that negative autobiographical memories are very rich in sensory detail, and by pairing them with eye movements, they...
"In the wake of allegations of abuse by staffers at a girls’ lockup in Milton, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is tightening its oversight of private residential facilities – adding interviews with youths and a partnership with...
"The Iowa Judicial Branch, along with the Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Department of Public Health, and the Governor's Office on Drug Control Policy, recently received one of seventeen new federal Regional Partnership Grants to address the...
"The arrest of a parent or other family member can be detrimental to children’s health. To study the impact of exposure to the arrest of a family member on children’s mental health and how said association may change across developmental...